Change Direction of Pipe in Pipe Network

[martin888888]

I have a pipe out of a manhole as part of a network and I need to change the direection of it.  It is a 12" pipe out of the manhole but it is being labeled as "IN".  When I go to pipe properties the "End Invert Elevation" is at the manhole when that should acutally be the "Begin Invert Elevation".

Is there a way to change the direction of a pipe in a network?  Is the "Change Flow Direction" command the way to do it?  I have tried that with no success.

[Jeff_M · Accepted solution]

Grip edit the pipe, first move one end away from the structure, next move the other end and attach to the first structure, then move the first end to the second structure. Adjust inverts as necessary.

[martin888888]

oh jeez, I cant believe there is not a better way to do it

[Jeff_M]

Actually, changing the Pipe Flow Direction property should work. I just like the method I described because I always want my pipes flowing from start to end...just something I've always done.

[cfiorica]

Change the flow direction of the pipe to "By Slope" and your labels should work.  That's how it should be, can't figure out why Autodesk doesn't allow for that to be the default on gravity systems.

[ChuckLamping]

So, if you want the whole network to be "By Slope" you can highlight all the pipes in the network pipe panorama, right click on the column heading that says "Flow Method" and pick Edit and change them all to By Slope.  Don't know why Autodesk won't let you set this as a command setting, but you can fix them all quickly after the fact.  Also, I had the program hang up on me once when I did this, so as always save first.  

[TiStars]

Thank you!

I thought it did work any more on 2022 but ended up finding I clicked the wrong colum.